Natural polymers

Natural polymers, these macromolecules found in their natural state, are present everywhere around us in nature but also in our daily lives.

Not to be confused with biosourced polymers which are certainly derived from renewable and natural resources, but artificially transformed (they are therefore derivatives of natural polymers).

The most important family of natural polymers is that of polysaccharides ( starch, cellulose, chitin, etc. ), followed by that of polypeptides or proteins ( wool, silk, hair/nails, gluten, milk, soy, corn, egg, etc.). They are also found in vegetable resins ( rosin, elemi, gum arabic, incense, myrrh, sandarac, etc.), animal resins (glue from bone, nerve, rabbit skin, fish, etc.) and in certain compounds called "Aromatics" (lignin, cork, tannins, etc.).


All these polymers can be classified according to their use:

Colle, adhésif
Natural polymer family
Type of natural polymer
Sources
Uses
Polysaccharides
Starches
Flour, dextrins, starch, semolina…
Food, adjuvants…
* Cellulose
Fiber, wood wool, plywood, glued laminated, chipboard, MDF, plank, slat, batten, sheet, rod, straw...
Construction and insulation materials, reinforcement, disposable objects...
* Chitin
Crustacean shells and insects…
Chitosan
* Alginates
Algae…
gelling agent
* galactan
Algae…
Gelling agent (Agar-agar)
Polypeptides
Keratin
Wool, hair, nails...
Textiles, cosmetics…
* Collagen, Elastin, Keratin, Reticulin
Leather, skins…
Leather goods…
* Fibroin, Sericin
Bristle…
Textile…
* Albumin
Egg white… Food, adjuvants…
* Gluten
Wheat, barley, oats
Food, adjuvants…
* Casein
Milk
Food, adjuvants…
* Zein
Corn
Food, adjuvants…
* Glycinin, B-Conglycinin
Soy…
Food, adjuvants…
Vegetable resins
Rosin, Elemi, Gum arabic, Frankincense, Myrrh, Sandarac…
Tree saps
Incense sticks, old paintings, cosmetics…
* rubber tree
Polyisoprene (latex)
Elastomers, condoms, mattresses, tires…
Animal resins
Glue of bone, nerve, rabbit skin, fish...
Bones, nerves, tendons, animal skins
Old paints and glues, leather goods, marquetry, cabinetwork…
Polyphenols
Lignin
Wood
Construction additive…
* Suberin
Cork
Insulation…
* Tannins
Fruits, shells…
Food, leather tanning…

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You work in the paint, food, textile, cosmetics, bedding, leather goods, construction sector, you have a doubt about the origin of your product, or you have a residue of which you do not know the origin... and you are looking for a competent and reactive analysis laboratory, contact the POLYMEX laboratory.

Polymex supports you:

POLYMEX offers you chemical analyzes on your textiles, resins, fibres, parquet floors, formulations and cosmetics, whether it concerns the identification of its nature , deformulation on a reference or competitive product or even quantification on a finished product (colorant content, residual solvent, binder or polymeric matrix, adjuvant, etc.), we will support you in solving your problem.

Polymex is an independent laboratory specialized in the provision of services on the Study and Expertise of materials and polymers... With a know-how of 25 years of experience on the analysis, qualification and deformulation of matrices and polymeric systems, POLYMEX offers the following services and benefits: s:


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Theme of the service
Recommended analyzes
Analysis results
Checking the absence of "plastic" in a paper plate Pyrolysis/GCMS Presence of polystyrene
Pure cellulose straw? Pyrolysis/GCMS Presence of PLA and PCL
Determination of the nature of the interior coating of a cellulose -based tray Pyrolysis/GCMS Presence of PLA
Verification of the "100% vegetable" content of bamboo-based objects
Pyrolysis/GCMS; IRTF; SEM/EDX; Ash rate
Detection of a polyolefin + aliphatic polyester adhesive
Identification of a "humectant" type adjuvant
Pyrolysis/GCMS; FTIR
“Starch” type polysaccharide
Identification of particles on filters
Pyrolysis/GCMS
Wheat flour: Starch-type polysaccharide, gluten-type proteins, fatty acid triglycerides
Identifying a parquet slat material
Pyrolysis/GCMS
Pine wood: Cellulose, Rosin, lignin (polyphenols)
Natural or additive paper?
Pyrolysis/GCMS
Cellulose, silicon (PDMS)
Which resin on incense sticks?
Pyrolysis/GCMS
Olibanum
Analysis of organic binder on scale of pictorial layer
Pyrolysis/GCMS
Rabbit skin binder
Identification of a powder
IRTF; 1H/NMR
Acetylated and Deacetylated Units of a Chitosan Matrix
Determination of the relative degree of acetylation of Chitosan
FTIR
Chitosan & Chitin – 16%<DA rate<80%
Analyzes on a grip resin for Handball
Pyrolysis/GCMS; FTIR
Rosin, triglycerides of unsaturated fatty acids
Identification of a leather goods material
Pyrolysis/GCMS
DEHP plasticized PVC
Structural analysis on a plywood
Pyrolysis/GCMS
Phenol-Formaldehyde (PF), cellulose, lignin (polyphenols)


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